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Sons of the Good Earth

Original title: Da di er nu
  • 19651965
  • 1h 47m
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Sons of the Good Earth (1965)
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The year is 1937, just prior to the Japanese invasion of China. Painters Ju Rui and Lao San stumble upon He Hua, a woman sold into the sex industry at a local brothel.The year is 1937, just prior to the Japanese invasion of China. Painters Ju Rui and Lao San stumble upon He Hua, a woman sold into the sex industry at a local brothel.The year is 1937, just prior to the Japanese invasion of China. Painters Ju Rui and Lao San stumble upon He Hua, a woman sold into the sex industry at a local brothel.
IMDb RATING
6.4/10
108
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    • King Hu
    • Kang Cheng
    • King Hu
  • Stars
    • Peter Chen Hou
    • Betty Loh Ti
    • Pao-Shu Kao
    • King Hu
    • Kang Cheng
    • King Hu
  • Stars
    • Peter Chen Hou
    • Betty Loh Ti
    • Pao-Shu Kao
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    • 2User reviews
    • 1Critic review
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    Peter Chen Hou
    Peter Chen Hou
    • Yu Rui
    Betty Loh Ti
    Betty Loh Ti
    • Lotus…
    Pao-Shu Kao
    Pao-Shu Kao
    • Brothel Owner
    Kuang-Chao Chiang
    Kuang-Chao Chiang
    • Chang Bao Lu
    Kun Li
    Kun Li
    • Guan San Sheng
    Feng Tien
    Feng Tien
    • Tian De Gui
    Ming Lei
    Ming Lei
    • Lei Xiao Gu
    Ying Lee
    Ying Lee
    • Mr. Li
    Paul Chang Chung
    Paul Chang Chung
    • Zhang
    Chih-Pin Chang
    Pei-Shan Chang
    Pei-Shan Chang
    • Zhao Gang
    Hsiung Chao
    Hsiung Chao
    • Japanese Commandant
    Yanyan Chen
    Yanyan Chen
    • Mrs. Tien
    • (as Yen-yen Chen)
    Patsy Chia-Ling
    Patsy Chia-Ling
    Shao-Lin Chiang
    Shao-Lin Chiang
    Han Chin
    Han Chin
    Miao Ching
    Miao Ching
    Mei Sheng Fan
    Mei Sheng Fan
      • King Hu
      • Kang Cheng
      • King Hu
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    Sino-Japanese War movie is early King Hu.
    If it wasn't the first major film of the director of TOUCH OF ZEN and the rest, this would be a forgettable war movie, importing the clichés of Hollywood into the Hong Kong scene.

    There are few faces familiar from the major Shaw Brothers movies and only the wide spaced pieces of local colour to suggest King Hu's participation. It's rather short on barbarous atrocities too - one wagon load of grass mat wrapped beheaded bodies and a lecherous commander.

    That said, the pacing is good and the scope screen is always filling with movement and detail, which distract from the unconvincing story line. The big action finale manages to produce a few authentic WW2 automatic weapons and the makers do confront the implausibility of a peasant militia with hand guns taking on well armed troops.

    I've seen worse.
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    • Jan 9, 2008

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      • March 19, 1965 (Hong Kong)
      • Hong Kong
      • Mandarin
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    • 1 hour 47 minutes
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